Throughout the years of piano and cello practice‚ I never truly appreciated the musical style of the Romantic period. The dissonance created by contrasting melodies and key changes starkly contrasted the lyrical and cheerful melodies of the Baroque and Classical period. Often classical music as a genre sparks recognition of composers such as Bach‚ Mozart‚ and Beethoven – neglecting others like as Mendelssohn and Chopin. This semester‚ Exploring Music caused me to explore new methods of musical thought
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constantly learning and love the beautiful sounds I can evoke from the cello. I take lessons and play both cello and bass for my church as well as for myself. I have even gotten paid to pay on soundtracks for musicians and at weddings. I am working on the piano and the ukulele‚ and have played flute‚ violin‚ and guitar‚ which I hope to pick up again. Instruments are like extensions of oneself‚ and with these extensions I like to play both pieces that are already written‚ and pieces I create with the same
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with the challenges he is currently facing in the organisation. You had an hour meeting with him. During this time he elaborated on the following: The fact that he is really passionate about the work that they do and that he really loves the piano business. His concern that this may be a dying trade. He is worried that the workers will be joining other companies‚ where they may be receiving higher salaries‚ but these companies do not provide the quality of training and artisan support that
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Status in Two Chekhov Stories In the introduction to our edition of Chekhov’s short stories‚ by George Pahomov‚ it is stated that Chekhov’s fiction “captured the burgeoning Russian democracy” and that “in Chekhov’s democratic world view‚ no one was excluded” (vii-viii). We see these ideals being put forward in the two stories by Chekhov that we will discuss in this paper. In these two stories‚ “The Resurrection” and “The Dance Pianist‚” we can see how Chekhov depicts a world where the author’s
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paper will discuss the life and work of the Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in terms of his relationship to the Romantic movement in music. Tchaikovsky was born in 1840 in the town of Votinsk in Russia. Although he learned to play the piano as a child‚ his family wanted him to pursue a career as a lawyer. For this reason‚ Tchaikovsky began attending the St. Petersburg School of Jurisprudence at the age of 10‚ and by the age of 19 he obtained a position as clerk in the Ministry of Justice
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The Pianist In this essay I will talk about Wladyslaw Szpilman‚ he was a Jewish pianist that lived during the World War II‚ he suffered a lot because the Nazis were persecuting the Jewish people‚ I would like to describe how he lived and how was the situation during the Jewish Holocaust. The Holocaust was a massive murder of the Jewish‚ this was ordered by Adolf Hitler who was from Germany and was the Nazi leader‚ it is said that he killed around six million Jews from around Europe but during this
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Volume‚ also referred to as dynamics‚ is one of the most important components of sound. Composers use volume as a way of controlling the emotional content and shape of a piece. It is interesting to note‚ however‚ that early composers did not generally mark their scores with instructions about volume until well into the 17th century‚ but depended upon the musicians to determine the appropriate levels of volume for a specific performance space. Composers started writing indications for dynamic levels
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when they started playing it immediately took me back to the 1930s‚ the big band era. Most of the songs were of long length and with many solos through the songs. The instruments used to create the songs were: saxophones‚ trombones‚ trumpets‚ the piano‚ guitars‚ and the drums. The band played eight songs and had vocals in two of those songs along with the band. The second song played was‚ Love is Here to Stay by George and Ira Gershwin. This was the first song with vocals. The song started with both
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called Cogitation. I felt this piece could be in a movie. I really liked the parts the piano and flutes had in this. I loved how the piece grew bigger in sound and momentum in the end. I noticed that the violins played softly and there was a super high note coming from a flute in the orchestra which was beautiful. My most favorite performance of the night came from Betty Karamatova playing the piano. She played the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff. This is another performer who moves along with her
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On Tuesday November 3rd the Toronto Symphony Orchestra preformed at the Roy Thompson Hall. This concert highlighted the brass section in the orchestra and even included the world famous tuba soloist‚ Øystein Baadsvik from Norway. He is the only tuba virtuoso to make a career out of being a tuba soloist. The conductor for this performance was Sameer Patel‚ who is known as one of America’s best young conductors. Sameer Patel is newly appointed the position of assistant conductor for the San Diego
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